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Re: Mainly by series. Camilla Send a noteboard - 26/11/2009 09:06:31 AM
This is important stuff. At least to some of us. I mean me.

My bookshelf is organised not according to genre or the alphabeth or chronology, but according to how it makes sense in my head. Books that feel the same belong together. This is not only based on content, but also on how the book looks. I can have books by one author in several different locations.

Because most of my books are in Norway, and I have limited space for my books here, I find it increasingly difficult to organise my bookshelf in a way that makes me happy. Which means I keep reorganising it.

Oddly, all my school theory books are in alphabetical order according to author.

Am I mad?
How do you organise your bookshelf?


I keep my favorite series near the top left hand and work from there. For some series (i.e. Star Wars and Star Trek) I organize them according to my favorite series within the series. As an example: William Shatner's Captain Kirk series are in a different location from the DS9 Millennium series which is in a different from the Invasion! series that span the TOS through Voyager series. After my favorite series the rest go up in random order by author.


How do you find them?
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How do you organise your bookshelf? Camilla - 24/11/2009 10:57:57 AM 1934 Views
Alphabetically. Easier to find what I'm looking for. Rebekah - 24/11/2009 11:11:22 AM 1356 Views
I always know where my books are in the system. Camilla - 24/11/2009 11:13:34 AM 1632 Views
I'm sure you do. Rebekah - 24/11/2009 11:15:14 AM 1702 Views
Re: I'm sure you do. Camilla - 24/11/2009 11:17:00 AM 1519 Views
Yeah. Rebekah - 24/11/2009 11:27:09 AM 1627 Views
Re: Yeah. Camilla - 24/11/2009 01:03:49 PM 1553 Views
K is law, KD is UK law, and KDC is Scots law. That's all you need to know . *NM* Tim - 27/11/2009 02:35:34 PM 901 Views
Bookshelfs are an outdated concept. snoopcester - 24/11/2009 01:34:07 PM 1680 Views
This has occurred to me Camilla - 24/11/2009 01:42:01 PM 1705 Views
I feel sure that it is the future of book storage. snoopcester - 24/11/2009 03:41:33 PM 1570 Views
Re: I feel sure that it is the future of book storage. Camilla - 24/11/2009 03:48:48 PM 1572 Views
With the added bonus of... Kaldric - 24/11/2009 02:57:50 PM 1448 Views
Good point snoopcester - 24/11/2009 03:42:28 PM 1573 Views
Re: Danae al'Thor - 24/11/2009 05:18:21 PM 1530 Views
LOL! rebelaessedai - 24/11/2009 03:20:33 PM 1670 Views
Re: LOL! Camilla - 24/11/2009 03:47:05 PM 1545 Views
Yeah... rebelaessedai - 24/11/2009 07:27:03 PM 1627 Views
horizontaly Yunalesca - 24/11/2009 03:45:34 PM 1706 Views
Hmmm. I mix horisontal and vertical. Camilla - 24/11/2009 03:48:14 PM 1524 Views
You make it sound like I only have one Tom - 24/11/2009 03:59:38 PM 1711 Views
Yes. I meant it as an encompassing word, not to restrict numbers. Camilla - 24/11/2009 04:30:38 PM 1562 Views
In answer to your questions: Tom - 24/11/2009 05:07:07 PM 1643 Views
Re: In answer to your questions: Camilla - 24/11/2009 05:23:51 PM 1634 Views
I do have some forms of synesthesia. Tom - 24/11/2009 05:29:30 PM 1636 Views
Aha! Camilla - 24/11/2009 05:36:20 PM 1577 Views
Which Arabic dictionaries do you have, exactly? Legolas - 24/11/2009 08:50:16 PM 1358 Views
I am not fluent in every language I have a dictionary for, no. Tom - 24/11/2009 11:10:22 PM 1554 Views
Well, I'd hate you more if I spoke Russian. Legolas - 24/11/2009 11:43:56 PM 1598 Views
Re: I don't. Danae al'Thor - 24/11/2009 04:13:44 PM 1554 Views
Re: I don't. Camilla - 24/11/2009 04:31:56 PM 1694 Views
Re: It isn't always neat. Danae al'Thor - 24/11/2009 05:17:25 PM 1509 Views
Re: It isn't always neat. Camilla - 24/11/2009 05:26:16 PM 1737 Views
Re: Two different planes of organisation. Danae al'Thor - 24/11/2009 05:38:15 PM 1604 Views
Re: Two different planes of organisation. Camilla - 24/11/2009 05:44:34 PM 1604 Views
Re: why should they not be? Danae al'Thor - 24/11/2009 05:50:16 PM 1535 Views
Re: why should they not be? Camilla - 24/11/2009 05:52:52 PM 1545 Views
Re: You show a clear demarkation of labour in some ways. Danae al'Thor - 24/11/2009 06:09:28 PM 1559 Views
Re: You show a clear demarkation of labour in some ways. Camilla - 24/11/2009 06:12:15 PM 1567 Views
Well, they should fit together. jh - 24/11/2009 04:28:20 PM 1617 Views
Re: Well, they should fit together. Camilla - 24/11/2009 04:32:48 PM 1527 Views
Hmmm. jh - 24/11/2009 08:29:40 PM 1629 Views
Re: Hmmm. Camilla - 24/11/2009 10:17:36 PM 1627 Views
I don't... anymore. Kaldric - 24/11/2009 04:53:04 PM 1704 Views
Re: I don't... anymore. Camilla - 24/11/2009 04:59:44 PM 1617 Views
Re: How do you organise your bookshelf? mapthis - 24/11/2009 04:55:12 PM 1668 Views
Re: How do you organise your bookshelf? Camilla - 24/11/2009 05:03:20 PM 1649 Views
Re: How do you organise your bookshelf? mapthis - 24/11/2009 05:06:46 PM 1475 Views
Re: How do you organise your bookshelf? Camilla - 24/11/2009 05:18:57 PM 1492 Views
Incidentally... MonCul - 24/11/2009 06:22:28 PM 1675 Views
Re: Incidentally... Camilla - 24/11/2009 06:23:31 PM 1723 Views
Re: Better real estate MonCul - 24/11/2009 07:54:03 PM 1587 Views
Re: How do you organise your bookshelf? vandevere - 24/11/2009 08:14:59 PM 1465 Views
Re: How do you organise your bookshelf? Camilla - 24/11/2009 08:47:38 PM 1637 Views
Actually... vandevere - 25/11/2009 01:43:54 AM 1411 Views
Re: Actually... Camilla - 25/11/2009 11:16:06 AM 1571 Views
Re: Actually... vandevere - 25/11/2009 05:25:09 PM 1537 Views
Apparently I'm just very boring in this regard. Craig - 24/11/2009 09:28:08 PM 1537 Views
Re: Apparently I'm just very boring in this regard. Camilla - 24/11/2009 10:18:54 PM 1646 Views
Re: Apparently I'm just very boring in this regard. Craig - 25/11/2009 03:28:10 AM 1491 Views
Re: Apparently I'm just very boring in this regard. Camilla - 25/11/2009 11:17:08 AM 1525 Views
Star Wars gets one book shelf, everything else gets what's left...... Mats imaginary friend - 24/11/2009 10:30:26 PM 1540 Views
Re: Star Wars gets one book shelf, everything else gets what's left...... Camilla - 25/11/2009 11:06:12 AM 1531 Views
Mainly by topic/genre Floffe - 24/11/2009 10:47:37 PM 1777 Views
Re: Mainly by topic/genre Camilla - 25/11/2009 11:07:39 AM 1540 Views
Neither, actually Floffe - 25/11/2009 08:28:33 PM 1741 Views
The Pratchetts are in chronolgical order, and everything else is just fitted in wherever i will it *NM* Stephen - 24/11/2009 11:16:14 PM 901 Views
I can never agree with myself how to organise Pratchett Camilla - 25/11/2009 11:09:31 AM 1650 Views
The better booksn on one shelf then the worse it gets..... Murtach74 - 24/11/2009 11:28:20 PM 1565 Views
How do you decide which books go where on the good shelf? *NM* Camilla - 25/11/2009 11:10:00 AM 854 Views
i have 4 different bookshelf areas... temeraire - 25/11/2009 02:33:35 AM 1372 Views
Re: i have 4 different bookshelf areas... Camilla - 25/11/2009 11:13:11 AM 1638 Views
My bookshelves are a mess. It started out alphabetical/author, then favorites, and now .... Bookwyrm - 25/11/2009 04:55:20 AM 1677 Views
Re: See, I don't know what my favourites are. Danae al'Thor - 25/11/2009 05:35:50 AM 1571 Views
Are your books happy with this? Camilla - 25/11/2009 11:14:13 AM 1540 Views
Obsessively Elaine - 25/11/2009 01:38:08 PM 1462 Views
Re: Obsessively Camilla - 25/11/2009 07:31:06 PM 1633 Views
Hmmm. Elaine - 09/12/2009 02:02:44 PM 1466 Views
Hmm.... Great Lord of Chaos - 25/11/2009 10:32:28 PM 1565 Views
Re: Hmm.... Camilla - 25/11/2009 11:22:23 PM 1589 Views
Mainly by series. j-whitt987 - 26/11/2009 02:31:52 AM 1426 Views
Re: Mainly by series. Camilla - 26/11/2009 09:06:31 AM 1475 Views
I know what my favorites are, of course. j-whitt987 - 26/11/2009 03:51:45 PM 1587 Views
Re: How do you organise your bookshelf? Dunja - 26/11/2009 02:13:10 PM 1430 Views
Re: How do you organise your bookshelf? Camilla - 26/11/2009 04:47:45 PM 1522 Views
Re: How do you organise your bookshelf? Dunja - 26/11/2009 06:59:12 PM 1657 Views
right now they're in stacks on the floor as i don't have enough shelf space moondog - 26/11/2009 11:57:44 PM 1491 Views
Re: right now they're in stacks on the floor as i don't have enough shelf space Camilla - 27/11/2009 08:34:52 AM 1509 Views
Rebekah organises our DVDs like that. Tim - 27/11/2009 02:39:38 PM 1566 Views
Re: Rebekah organises our DVDs like that. Camilla - 27/11/2009 04:36:56 PM 1585 Views
Re: Rebekah organises our DVDs like that. jh - 27/11/2009 07:59:26 PM 1662 Views
It is an A. Rebekah - 29/11/2009 10:19:50 AM 1584 Views
No it is not. Sushi might look like pickled herring but it is not the same thing. *NM* jh - 01/12/2009 06:01:07 PM 973 Views
By Genre, then world, then author, then chronologically ajfurst - 29/11/2009 09:26:36 AM 1501 Views
Re: By Genre, then world, then author, then chronologically Camilla - 29/11/2009 10:10:25 AM 1534 Views
Re: By Genre, then world, then author, then chronologically ajfurst - 29/11/2009 11:43:01 AM 1711 Views
Books I want to keep and books I plan on giving away random thoughts - 30/11/2009 03:27:07 PM 1395 Views
Re: Books I want to keep and books I plan on giving away Camilla - 30/11/2009 03:29:03 PM 1517 Views
Perfectly. nossy - 30/11/2009 04:47:34 PM 1673 Views
Re: Perfectly. Camilla - 30/11/2009 05:08:43 PM 1578 Views
Re: Perfectly. nossy - 01/12/2009 04:51:17 PM 1573 Views
Re: Perfectly. Camilla - 01/12/2009 04:55:58 PM 1670 Views
I do not believe so. nossy - 01/12/2009 05:02:30 PM 1548 Views
just checking. *NM* Camilla - 01/12/2009 05:03:49 PM 829 Views
Like this Larry - 03/12/2009 05:38:07 AM 1669 Views
Re: Like this Camilla - 03/12/2009 09:08:27 AM 1667 Views
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